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Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1909—VOL. XIV, NO. 49
Official Paper of Nassau County
New.s it<'nis n-ci^iVci] up to ''< o'clcxk Thnr.-.(lay iiif^lit : atlvcrri.si incut form kept oijcii till'.) o'clock Frirliiy luorniiit;; pappr.s rcudv for dclivcrv 1 o"clo(;k Friday.
Siiitrln copies of the Nrissati ('oiiiity Review can b« so(;nrc(l of Willct C. Raynor. at the depot: Wni. Grecubliitt, Railroiid Ave.; at (irolx'tz'.-* or the Re¬ view < >Hicc, South Miiii Si., iiinl DaSil- Vfi's, West Merrick Road.
MillerforAssemblvAgain
Inanimous Choice for the office
at Republican Convention.
Says this is last time.
FREEPORT NEWS
Tlie u.sual harmony ])roviuk'd at Min¬ eola Wednesday afternoon at the Re¬ publican Assembly and County (Jon- venions. These were practically one I Convention, the .same odiccrs being I chosen for both, namely Charles F.. 1 Lewis of Port Washington,
The VilJHge OiRce is now moved to its new quarters in the Rhodes build¬ ing, where the regular meeting will be held thi.s PViilay evening.
Williani (I. Miller has lea.sed his brick house on (Jcean Avenue to Dr. (ieo. H. Parshali. Dr. I'arshall is the father of Mrs. C. D. Haker of Long Peach Avenue and after spending con¬ siderable time in Freep')rt has decided to make it his home.
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Bids for the enlarging of the jiower house will be openeil this evening. We earnestly trust the village fathers will see their way clear to furnish us with tiectrie current for use all day as soon as this work is done.
After the new census of the school
Coming Events
Wednesday and Thursday, (Jet. ij and 7—liiterary carnival Paptist ('hurch. Treasurer, for chairman; (Jeorge P.
Thursday. Oct. 7-Firemen's tourna-' Hodman of Oyster Pay and J. Huyler menl at College Point.
Thursday evening, Oct. 7, beefsteak dinner for ladies and gentlemen, at the South Shore Yacht Club House.
Tuesday, Oct, 12, :'. :45p. rn., open¬ ing dance Mrs. Stiles' class.
Wedne.sday, Nov. 10—Annual din¬ ner Nassau County Firemen's Asso¬ ciation.
Wilfred Smith of tho local jiost- olFice is on a two weeks' vacation.
Ellison of Freeport, secretaries, and Flvin N. Edwards of Freeport and Chas. E. Hyde of Port Washington tel¬ ler.-?.
Williani P. Jones of Freeport nomi¬ nated William G. Miller for the office of Memljer of Assembly, saying in
The case of assault in the second de¬ gree against "Handy" Fanjoy, came County "JP Tuesday morning before .Justice of the Peace George C. Tatem, and owing to the fact that the counsel for Fanjoy, A. B. Wallace, was not ready co pro¬ ceed, the case was adjourned for two weeks.
A case that has b'jen atlfacling cun-
Assessors M To Blame
Had to Reduce City /l^ssessment
Even if School Tax
is Higher.
At the nieeting of the Town Board of Assessor.s|of the Town of Hempstead district is taken there wiil be no more Sept. 4th, the application of the City' trouble calling special meetings for of New York to have its assessment ' school sites, as the law gives the Poard reduced $lll),uO(i in school district of Education power to designate sites number nine (Freeport) was granted for schools in villages having over 5000 by the Board. Asse.ssors Lewis N. iiopulation.
liaisig and Charles VV. Smith voted to
reduce the assessment and Asse.ssor Elvin Edwards voted against it. Ed¬ wards stated that he did not believe the assessineiit should bu reduced on the te.-timony of the (.'ity of New York and furtiier stated that since the City of New York nairi taxes on their as-
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James McChesney started for Cornell University on Monday.
The Joyce family left PrnoUvii home last week.
for their
G. S. Wilkenson of John St. Church preached at the M. E. service \,\>t Sun¬ day morning.
siderable notice in the past month in sessment for several years that this the landlord-tenant case, where'.Mrs. must be taken as some evidence that
part: "When 1 went across the ^street Ella Turner attempted to get George it mu,-;t have been all right.
Dr. Denton has gone to Liberty a few months to recuperate from recent seri(jus illness.
for
The Petrolithic Company had an e.x- hibit at Mineola Fair last week under charge of Alvin G. Smith.
Ladies' Home .fournal for October for sale at the Review Stationery Store, <)2 S. Main St., Freeport.
¦There's a way to get your drug store goods without having to leave your home. Smith i.*i Bedell tell how in their ad in this issue. It.
Hempstead Council won the pen¬ nant in the Jr. (). U. A. -M. base-ball league. Freeport stood fifth, • si.x clubs in the league.
to the caucus just now I heard some one remark 'Jones shows up again,' and 1 have but I hope that after this we will elect Mr. Miller to some oifice where he wont have to be nomi¬ nated every year. I have liuen 10 years a Republican and nothing in my entire political life gives me as muci> pleasure as placing Mr. Miller's name before a convention for oflice. I have been in¬ timately actiuainted with Mr. Miller since we were boys and I know his sterling (jualities, and you all know that in his public life as member of as¬ sembly he has given great satisfac¬ tion." Chester W. Payntar, Sutier- visor of Oy.-iter Bay Town, seconded the nomination on behalf of the dele¬ gates from his town. He said that Mr. Miller had served with entire satisfac¬ tion to his constituents and with credit to himself. WiUiam Mctlarthy of
W. Seaman out of her house. Th house is or Bedell street and is occu¬ pied by the Turner and Seaman famil¬ ies, it being a double house.
The trial was to be before Juiige and jury, but when Attorney Wallace made a motion for the disimssal of the case, it was granted.
The case was a very peculiar one, and showed where Mrs. Turner had ac-
— Messsenger. The Messenger continues the above article in its last issue in another par¬ agraph, to give the impression that the position t assessment should not have been re¬ duced because Freeport village asses¬ sors last year raised the assessment on the same property. We think the Messenger was undoubtedly honest in pulilishing this article but was wrong- cepted rent from Seaman lor two days , i,,formed hv someone. We do not pa.st the life of the notice to remove, believe Messrs." Smith and Raisig. the
two members of the Board of Assessors who voted to lower this assessment, would have taken olf a single dollar un¬ less convinced that it was the only right thing to do. The Town assess¬ ment before the reduction was made was ^:!.j8,0t)0 and after taking off the .Sllil.OOO left the amount $22y,000. The amount of Freeport assessment last
In another column will be found a communii'ation fr(un Werner Nygren on the sewer proposition, which handles the question in excellent manner. It should be read and digested b^ every taxpayer before voting on the propo¬ sition lor sewer mnj) next\^IOiiday.
At the proper time the IfeView will present its iileas on tlie ijUestion of in- .stalling sewer .system and how the money shoukl be secured. The (|ues- tion now before us is as to the maj). Let us have it so that we will be in a t the work starteil.
which made the notice invalid. On the 2ilth of July Mrs. Turner caused a notice to be served on Seaman ordering his removal at the end of thirty days, which w^as acknowledged in court, and which allowed the tenant until August 21). Aflof the notice was served, Sea¬ man, (jii the advice of liis counsel, offered Mrs. Turner a month's rent from the first of August to the first of
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When you want any article of merchandise Luy it of a reputable home dealer, that the profit may remain to enrich the community. Send your money abroad only for what you cannot purchase at home. Home talent, liome labor, home industry, home capital, and home pleasures are things to be fostered, ¦ encouraged and pam*nizeii. There is no way of improving a jilace so much as by encouraging good merch¬ ants, good schools and good peoide to settle among you, and this cannot be done unless you sjiend your money at home.
.\nss Anna B, T'ptt-it has been visit¬ ing ber sister, .Mrs. Howard Starr, at Baltimore, Md.
A 'arge number of Paldwinite.- liave been attending the parades, etc., <t the Hudson-Ful ton celebration.
. Last week the State School Inspector was at the school and reportetl that the schotd was in excellent condition.
The Ladies' Ai 1 Society of tlie M. E, Church will lie entertained by Mrs. Robert IL llorium next Tuesday- after¬ noon.
Some of^he Hebrew tnerchanls in town closed their stores.,iast Saturday in observance of Atonement Day, or Yom Ki|ipur.
School was clo.-rd last Friti^iy so that the pulpils might Jittend Mineola Fair on "ciiildren's day." .\ large number went from here in Pearsall's
van but the rain their pleasure.
somewhat n.»>.rred
The DepartmeiiL id' .Mercy and Help of the Epworth League, of which .Miss Winifred Smith is chairman, will hold an afternoon tea and rake >:ak' in the cliapel this Saturday.
Mineola also seconded the nomination September which she accepted and for
Tho Sigmond Theatre*, under man¬ agement of Frank .Nugent, opens this this Saturday evening with a vaudg- ville and moving picture show.
The exhibition of Paldwin marine and stationary engines at Mineola Fair last week was a good one. Daniel Combs, the proprietor, was in charge.
Miss Ella I'ost has opened ; ery store, S2 North Main St. ; all the latest style.s, fancy
with on behalf of the delegates from North Hempitead. Mr. Jones was authorized to cast the unanimous ballot of the con¬ vention for .Mr. Miller and lit}, with Messrs. Payntar and McCarthy, were appointed to bring Mr. Miller into the convention and introduce him to the delegates.
Mr. .Miller accepted the nomination in a pleasing speech; he said he would be elected and that it would be for the sixth and last time that he would serv the people in the lower Legislature
Some of the villagers were hurt in the trolley accident near .Mir.eida last l">idav. In some cases settlernci'it for
which she gave her receipt. In doing so she broke the value of her notice as she had rented the rooms to him for two days more than the notice callled for. Mr'-'. Turner was charged with the cosl.s of the case. - Times,
year was S171,000 and after raising it _
the amount for the present year was' It is a tiialter of regret that the
•'?20.'j,000, committee on sewer ma() proposition (ianiages hiiji already been arranged liy
We think all will agree that J. Huy- .'lid not properly advertise the meeting the Traction Comiiany.
ler Ellison is as good an assessor as li»il<I Tuesday evening, and as a result -—"• -
the Town of Hempstead ever had; he some .sections of the village were not The old school liuilding is undergoing
v/as a member of the Village Board of represented at all ai the bearing. Only repairs. The lighting of some of the
Assessors which raised the village as- "ne of the local papers were told about rooms is being increased with the jnit-
millin- hats in feathers
, sessment but after talking with the
DlsCUS.sinj? Sewer r>ap city auUiorltles and getting complete
About seventy-tive taxpayer ssattend- H-^ts of their nroperty all he dared to
ed the public nieeting at the Sigmond raise their values was to .$20'),000.
Opera House Tuesday evening, when Because the city owned the property
houseof "the the sewer ([uestion v;as discussed and would not excuse the Town Board of
explained. Assessors for as.-.essing this land out of
the meeting in time to call attention ting in of more windows, anci stucco to it, no word being sent to the Review work is being put on the n(jrth and and the Observer. Good arguments west sides oi the building to insure were aflvanced as to why the map more warmth, .should be secured and it would have been well for all to have heard them.
'rhomas McWhinney was nominated ^^/- Young, who has at the instance proportion to its surrounding terri-
-"-r -.---.,.—, ---... .- --- -..- ;.'•"¦ ','""1 "i" " '" ""^-^' of (jeo. Christians, taken considerable tory, and the .Messrs. Smith and Rai
and wings, ribbons, velvets and moire for the office also, but his name was ""^^Jt^"- \""'"'-"^"^> '•""¦'^1'^ ^u.,siuK..auii^ j^ ^ i,,, .Tiu _ i..
silk.
It.
The box ball games over C. D. Smith's building on South Main Street have been moved to Bay Shore. For¬ rest De.Mott will open a pool and bil¬ liard parlor in their place.
The Arts Club will hold its October meeting with Mrs. Henry L. t'randell, Monday afternoon; the subject will be
would be a good man for the olfice at some future time.
The following were elected delegates to the Judiciary ("onvention to be held in Brooklyn to-morrow:
Town of Hempstead —Earl J. Ben- "Shakespeare's England," chairman of nett, Alfred T. Davison, Elvin N. Ed-
the ilay, Mrs. Henry J. R lymore.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dunbar sjjent. last week at Syracuse attending the State Convention of the Daughters of Liberty. Mrs. Dunbar was elected a National Representative, at thi"* ses-1 sion.
The Town Board met at B. T. Smith's hotel Wednesday to grant Ii-' censes to plant oysters and clams. The next meeting is at Lynbrook next Wednesday, instead of Freeport as »we announced last week.
The John J. Randall Company has certified to the secretary of state that all of ita caoital stock, amounting to $90,000, has been paid in. Its direc¬ tors inclu(|«,? John J. Raiuiall, Ernest S.Randall, Lena F. Willets and John J. Randall jr.
Ijast Saturday afternoon a team an¬ nounced in the Review as the Stars, in the Messenger aa the P'reeport Club and in the Observer as the Phi Alphas, and which was really a pjcked-up nine, defeated Freeport Council by the score of 9 to 4. They will play again this Saturday riEternoon at Athletic Park.
withdrawn by Frank Smith, the dele- interest in looking into the matter, ex- are to be commended if they can keep
gate who presente.i it, stating that he .Pl"'""^^' '''^^^ ^e considered a good sys- the assessment up .$2o,000 above the
merely made the nomination to remind t^ni for the village, and gave a/i i.lea village assessment, rather than to be
the delegates that Mr. McWhinney "^ '^s possible cost. blamed because they had to reduce the
It was agreed however that the amount alter it had been placed too
proper thing at the present time was high for several years,
to secure the mat), and tl(en be able to As to Assessor Edwards' argument
get an intelligent idea of the cost of about the city having jiaid taxes on
installing the system, when it would the assessment of $;i58,000 for several
he time to consider where the pipes years, he knows that the assistant cor-
might be laid and how the cosi should : poration counsel explained that their
be met. attention had been called to the exces-
wards, Jeremiah Wood, H. W. Griffith and P. C. Vandewater. Oyster Bay - W. Irving Harold, J. and Daniel Underbill. stea*d -Henry M. W, Chas. F. Lewis.
For members of the county commit¬ tee in place of Smith Cox, John Lewis Childs, O. H. Tuthill and G. Wilbur Doughty from Town of Hempstead; R. E. Allen from North Hempstead and W. Burling Cocks and Henry G. Steen- buck from Oyster Bay Town all were re-elected excepting George L. Hubbell in place of John Lewis t'hilds from the Town of Hempstead.
TAX NOTICES D. Frank Dikeman has been ap¬ pointed school tax collector in place of Wesley Pearsall, who has had the office ^ for the past four years. The tax will probably be due about Thanksgiving time. We will give due notice.
Village ta%es (overdue) must now be paid to D. Frijnk Seaman at his residence, 21 Churc^h Stp|et.
School HolidlyOct. 12
Communication
Mr. Editor: -
In referen<"e to the special election in Freejiort on Monday to see whether or not -SlOiiO shall be raised for the pur¬ pose of jireparing jjhuis, maps and specifications for a jiroposed sewer sys¬ tem we would like to impress uj'on the taxpayers the following: -
1st. That a vote in favor of this proposition > does not bind the vilWge to the installation of a sewer system. It t-imply will pre(iare th^ necessary
A unanimous vote was passed favoi- sive assessment when it was compared f/"''^ »"^\P^t in understandable shap ng the appropriation for the map. with the village assessment last .sum- the probable cost thereof
Roland M. Lamb presided at the mer, and that they surely would take ,^^^^^ ilj^t no route ha.s been st
School Commissioner Cooley sends out the following communicati(m re¬ garding the new holiday on October 2, which explains itself:
"That there may be no misunder- trolleys, except thest Company, Church Street. Every tax- ; standing in reference to the matter, probably bt- jammed
Next Monday from 2 to 8 o'clock the special election for voting on tho sew- ,er system map will be held at the truck house of Excelsior Hock and Ladder
B. C. Tapj.an
North Hemp- .- , ,, , ,
Vn^tmnn •ind nicetiiig and addresses were made by Hiram R. Smith. J. B. Hibbard, H. L. Ciandell, Alvin G. Smith, Wm. G. Miller, and others, all of whom favored the installation of the sewer at the jirojier time, subject to the prop¬ er conditions.
Excursion to Collejce Point
The Free]>()rt Fir" Department has engaged trolley e.ns for a siieeial excur¬ sion to CoUes^e Point next Ttinrsday, October 7th, wbiii the annual jiarade nnd tournament in connection with the Southern New York Volunteer Fire¬ men's As.sociation will bi' held. As there are seats in each ear for 14 per¬ sons, only that uumber of pa.s.seiigers will hn ptTiiutted in each oar. so that taeh jiassiMiRer may have a s at for thv entire round trip. The curs will siart from the junction of ."^onth .Main and Church streets at T.lO A. M.. and arrive at Colleire Point at about U.i'r, rhe ]ia- raile starts at lo o'clock. RHturniiig the s|)fcittl cjirs will leave College P^'iut im¬ mediately after the tonruaiiient in tiie afternoon, further annouuceiueut of which will be made on the cars. Tiie excursion is tor the liremen and the geuerul pulilic. so that tho.se wishing to make the trip may ride in <'ouifort. Thousands of visitors will be in College Point that day, and consequently the special cars, will The rate for the
lected. This will all be .settled
Miss (L Ethel Colder entertained a euchre party last Saturday nigfit' at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Kaynor, <in Harrison Avenue. Prizes were won by the following:
Mrs. .'Xrlhur Thomas, .Miss G. Ethel (iolder, -Miss Edith Whealev and All)ert Pearsall.
Eugene Hurley lias entered Harvard College. He was graduated from Bald¬ win schfiol last June and hati the honor of being the tirst graduate of the High School. He passed the Harvard en¬ trance examinations at a high mark, and entered without condition. His teachers and friends naturally feel very proud of him, and the tine work he has done as a credit to his leachei's.
Workmen and the sexton of the
the matter up with the Stale E.iualiza- ;^^'-';"- ,,.V"'^ ^,'" "'! ¦^*-'. "^\''^" ^P"" tion Board if the matter was not ad- l>y the V illage Board or its Committee
justed satisfactorily; the question ^fter numerous public meetings and .,,^,1,^,,);,^ j..,,„.,^,,l C^,^,^.,^ ,,^,„ ,_„
1,1 ,.,,,. upon consultation with the State Board ^'ftnooisi i.pi.s(op.ii ( nurcn na\t oten of Health working to get the edifice in shape
•ini That in case this proposition is f'Jr its re-opening on Sunday. The carried and at some later date the vil- ^'•i"'"f'^ '^"^ '"-'^¦" "^wly painted on the lage should vote to build a sewer, jilan ' <'Utside and the transformation of the of payment for and oiieration of the ''¦'l«^'''<"' "^ <-h« huiMmg is a notable same will have to be equally satisfac- ""^'- Cathedral glass windows have to all taxpayers before anv work i reiilaced the former idaiii glass ones
whether thev would or not shoul have been considered however if they were assessed higher than all surround¬ ing territory.
It is to be regretted that this amount has been taken from our assessment for school purposes, but we do not see how the blame can be attached to the Board of A.ssessors. We might
tory
can be done and under no circumstance
ceiling
we do not believe he would have ad¬ vised them to make any reduction un¬ less he was thoroughly convinceil it should be done. ^
Huilsdn-Fulton special stamj>s not on sale at the post-office yei.
are
Mrs. Edith Raynor has opened millinery store in the building former- System, ly occupied for the same purpose by Miss Kilpatrick.
using their efforts to help this matter '"ttinueiit, will preach at the morning along have and can have absolutely nu ¦¦service and Rev. J. Wesley John.ston,^ interest in the propoaiti<in except that; I'astor of John .St. Church, New Vork they believe it to be a matter of great will preach in the evening. Sunday intere.st to the village and are willing i ^<^hool at 2.:iO p. m., and Epworth and exFiect to pay their full share of I'^''i«"« "^ ^'¦'^'' P- '"•• with Charles the expense of installation and opera-, "• Thomas as l^.-ader and the topic tion of the Freeport .Municipal Sewer "('hnstian Steward-hip Rally Day."
The Committee,
"Christiai
The public is cordially invited to all of these services.
Freeport Council No. .'J7 has accepted Remarks on the Sewer Question"
the invitation of the pastor. Rev. W. j^^^ discourse on sewerage as given A Richard, to attend service in the hy the Sanitary Engi.ieer. Mr. William M.E. Church Sunday evening. Nov. 21. Wallace Young of New York City, at
the public meeti
HEMPSTEAD
The .South Hemp.a,tcad Hook and Lad; der and Bucket Co., No. 1, will give a
•k House
Two auto'mobilists who were arrested
payer should bo out to vote on this im- i and to "save further inquiry, school nnind trip is 7.5 ceuts, if ticbfts are pur
portant question. i authoHties and teachers are hereby ad- \^'^^l^ tCe WT'^^a^-
William Crevoiserat has had re-i ;'^r^ *^„^^'^^^ ^\V«^^^^^^^ I'^'hT 'lay Oct. 6tli. the price will U> re, cents,
markable results from his e<hibit8 of ' ¦'^®" another to the list of legal hoi- Bv followiug thi.s plan of sale the com- •, . , - a i a i ,
biff leXrnra the TaUndf^^^^^^^ ''""^" mittens wUl be able to inform Hie trolley and who when arraigned pleaded not
ear AtTslip he had 4 eiS^^^^^ Columbus_ Day, Tuesday, October comi«ny how many cars will be re- guilty and had their cases set down for
won 3 firsts and 1 aecond prize; at Riv
Dpera House last
by the village officers on Sunaay, . • ¦ i ..u i_ •
r,-' . „i ia , _ . I- „ .._ .. L was, to my mind, both comprehensive
September 19, for trave ing through , . •' . .•,.•,
., *^. .^^1-11 .. i /. and convincing, Whi e a very great
the incorporated village at a rate of '^ j k «•¦
speed of over twenty miles an hour.
ng in the Sigmond I''"^P''"'? ""^''""^'^^V^V'^i'.''
.erhead he entered 8 and was awarded 6 firsts and 2 seconds; at Mineola, last week, 10 entries won 5 firsts and 5 seconds.
Specii^ Friday and Saturdav, assorted choool&te. 28c lb., DaSilva's Baxaor.
12, will be a legal holiday and schools (tnired. As .Freeport expects to have Tuesday morning, appeared before Jus should be closed on that day, the same this parade aud tournament next year, tice Sidney H. Swezey and changed as on other legal holidays, , in accord- *!,'« Iwal ftremen aud citizens .should their pleas to that of guilty and paid
ance with the provisiona of section 452 of the Education Law, which pro¬ vides that 'no achool shall be in ses- sioo on a holiday, except Washington's birthday and Lincoln'i birthday."
Si SUtL^ ^"4^ w^^^' «°>"^'« a fine of $10. The two men were Ed- ^^r^i 'of S^o^thrSwd clK; ward J Hawkins and Robert Ward Jr.. teemen; Artlinr P. Lewis, W. W. Cam- ^^" °' Brooklyn^^
There will be a bread and cake Aale number were present at this meeting ""<'»-'!• the auspices of the Woman's it is only to be regretted that at! tax- ^•^'¦«'K" '^V'^^T"-'''^^''•^'f^^'". ^^'^ *** payers were not there. | ^- Sunday School rcxim .Saturday after-
What Mr. Young brought home tO|"oo"' ^-^'^t. 2, from 3 until o p. m. every one in the audience about methods ,
of purification of 8ewa;;e and the posai- \ The New York and Long Island bilitiea of cleansing the same by the j Traction Company, under the direc- bacterial procete, although little i'ion of Supt. Kineon. have begun the
known to the average peraon, is noth- ing but old and well established pipe¬
work of changing their tracks on Main street to the grade established by Vil¬ lage Trustees as surveyeed i>y Civil Engineer Thomas V. Smith.

Official Paper, Village of Freeport FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1909—VOL. XIV, NO. 49
Official Paper of Nassau County
New.s itHicc, South Miiii Si., iiinl DaSil- Vfi's, West Merrick Road.
MillerforAssemblvAgain
Inanimous Choice for the office
at Republican Convention.
Says this is last time.
FREEPORT NEWS
Tlie u.sual harmony ])roviuk'd at Min¬ eola Wednesday afternoon at the Re¬ publican Assembly and County (Jon- venions. These were practically one I Convention, the .same odiccrs being I chosen for both, namely Charles F.. 1 Lewis of Port Washington,
The VilJHge OiRce is now moved to its new quarters in the Rhodes build¬ ing, where the regular meeting will be held thi.s PViilay evening.
Williani (I. Miller has lea.sed his brick house on (Jcean Avenue to Dr. (ieo. H. Parshali. Dr. I'arshall is the father of Mrs. C. D. Haker of Long Peach Avenue and after spending con¬ siderable time in Freep')rt has decided to make it his home.
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Bids for the enlarging of the jiower house will be openeil this evening. We earnestly trust the village fathers will see their way clear to furnish us with tiectrie current for use all day as soon as this work is done.
After the new census of the school
Coming Events
Wednesday and Thursday, (Jet. ij and 7—liiterary carnival Paptist ('hurch. Treasurer, for chairman; (Jeorge P.
Thursday. Oct. 7-Firemen's tourna-' Hodman of Oyster Pay and J. Huyler menl at College Point.
Thursday evening, Oct. 7, beefsteak dinner for ladies and gentlemen, at the South Shore Yacht Club House.
Tuesday, Oct, 12, :'. :45p. rn., open¬ ing dance Mrs. Stiles' class.
Wedne.sday, Nov. 10—Annual din¬ ner Nassau County Firemen's Asso¬ ciation.
Wilfred Smith of tho local jiost- olFice is on a two weeks' vacation.
Ellison of Freeport, secretaries, and Flvin N. Edwards of Freeport and Chas. E. Hyde of Port Washington tel¬ ler.-?.
Williani P. Jones of Freeport nomi¬ nated William G. Miller for the office of Memljer of Assembly, saying in
The case of assault in the second de¬ gree against "Handy" Fanjoy, came County "JP Tuesday morning before .Justice of the Peace George C. Tatem, and owing to the fact that the counsel for Fanjoy, A. B. Wallace, was not ready co pro¬ ceed, the case was adjourned for two weeks.
A case that has b'jen atlfacling cun-
Assessors M To Blame
Had to Reduce City /l^ssessment
Even if School Tax
is Higher.
At the nieeting of the Town Board of Assessor.s|of the Town of Hempstead district is taken there wiil be no more Sept. 4th, the application of the City' trouble calling special meetings for of New York to have its assessment ' school sites, as the law gives the Poard reduced $lll),uO(i in school district of Education power to designate sites number nine (Freeport) was granted for schools in villages having over 5000 by the Board. Asse.ssors Lewis N. iiopulation.
liaisig and Charles VV. Smith voted to
reduce the assessment and Asse.ssor Elvin Edwards voted against it. Ed¬ wards stated that he did not believe the assessineiit should bu reduced on the te.-timony of the (.'ity of New York and furtiier stated that since the City of New York nairi taxes on their as-
BALDWIN
James McChesney started for Cornell University on Monday.
The Joyce family left PrnoUvii home last week.
for their
G. S. Wilkenson of John St. Church preached at the M. E. service \,\>t Sun¬ day morning.
siderable notice in the past month in sessment for several years that this the landlord-tenant case, where'.Mrs. must be taken as some evidence that
part: "When 1 went across the ^street Ella Turner attempted to get George it mu,-;t have been all right.
Dr. Denton has gone to Liberty a few months to recuperate from recent seri(jus illness.
for
The Petrolithic Company had an e.x- hibit at Mineola Fair last week under charge of Alvin G. Smith.
Ladies' Home .fournal for October for sale at the Review Stationery Store, pleasure as placing Mr. Miller's name before a convention for oflice. I have been in¬ timately actiuainted with Mr. Miller since we were boys and I know his sterling (jualities, and you all know that in his public life as member of as¬ sembly he has given great satisfac¬ tion." Chester W. Payntar, Sutier- visor of Oy.-iter Bay Town, seconded the nomination on behalf of the dele¬ gates from his town. He said that Mr. Miller had served with entire satisfac¬ tion to his constituents and with credit to himself. WiUiam Mctlarthy of
W. Seaman out of her house. Th house is or Bedell street and is occu¬ pied by the Turner and Seaman famil¬ ies, it being a double house.
The trial was to be before Juiige and jury, but when Attorney Wallace made a motion for the disimssal of the case, it was granted.
The case was a very peculiar one, and showed where Mrs. Turner had ac-
— Messsenger. The Messenger continues the above article in its last issue in another par¬ agraph, to give the impression that the position t assessment should not have been re¬ duced because Freeport village asses¬ sors last year raised the assessment on the same property. We think the Messenger was undoubtedly honest in pulilishing this article but was wrong- cepted rent from Seaman lor two days , i,,formed hv someone. We do not pa.st the life of the notice to remove, believe Messrs." Smith and Raisig. the
two members of the Board of Assessors who voted to lower this assessment, would have taken olf a single dollar un¬ less convinced that it was the only right thing to do. The Town assess¬ ment before the reduction was made was ^:!.j8,0t)0 and after taking off the .Sllil.OOO left the amount $22y,000. The amount of Freeport assessment last
In another column will be found a communii'ation fr(un Werner Nygren on the sewer proposition, which handles the question in excellent manner. It should be read and digested b^ every taxpayer before voting on the propo¬ sition lor sewer mnj) next\^IOiiday.
At the proper time the IfeView will present its iileas on tlie ijUestion of in- .stalling sewer .system and how the money shoukl be secured. The (|ues- tion now before us is as to the maj). Let us have it so that we will be in a t the work starteil.
which made the notice invalid. On the 2ilth of July Mrs. Turner caused a notice to be served on Seaman ordering his removal at the end of thirty days, which w^as acknowledged in court, and which allowed the tenant until August 21). Aflof the notice was served, Sea¬ man, (jii the advice of liis counsel, offered Mrs. Turner a month's rent from the first of August to the first of
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When you want any article of merchandise Luy it of a reputable home dealer, that the profit may remain to enrich the community. Send your money abroad only for what you cannot purchase at home. Home talent, liome labor, home industry, home capital, and home pleasures are things to be fostered, ¦ encouraged and pam*nizeii. There is no way of improving a jilace so much as by encouraging good merch¬ ants, good schools and good peoide to settle among you, and this cannot be done unless you sjiend your money at home.
.\nss Anna B, T'ptt-it has been visit¬ ing ber sister, .Mrs. Howard Starr, at Baltimore, Md.
A 'arge number of Paldwinite.- liave been attending the parades, etc., .rred
The DepartmeiiL id' .Mercy and Help of the Epworth League, of which .Miss Winifred Smith is chairman, will hold an afternoon tea and rake >:ak' in the cliapel this Saturday.
Mineola also seconded the nomination September which she accepted and for
Tho Sigmond Theatre*, under man¬ agement of Frank .Nugent, opens this this Saturday evening with a vaudg- ville and moving picture show.
The exhibition of Paldwin marine and stationary engines at Mineola Fair last week was a good one. Daniel Combs, the proprietor, was in charge.
Miss Ella I'ost has opened ; ery store, S2 North Main St. ; all the latest style.s, fancy
with on behalf of the delegates from North Hempitead. Mr. Jones was authorized to cast the unanimous ballot of the con¬ vention for .Mr. Miller and lit}, with Messrs. Payntar and McCarthy, were appointed to bring Mr. Miller into the convention and introduce him to the delegates.
Mr. .Miller accepted the nomination in a pleasing speech; he said he would be elected and that it would be for the sixth and last time that he would serv the people in the lower Legislature
Some of the villagers were hurt in the trolley accident near .Mir.eida last l">idav. In some cases settlernci'it for
which she gave her receipt. In doing so she broke the value of her notice as she had rented the rooms to him for two days more than the notice callled for. Mr'-'. Turner was charged with the cosl.s of the case. - Times,
year was S171,000 and after raising it _
the amount for the present year was' It is a tiialter of regret that the
•'?20.'j,000, committee on sewer ma() proposition (ianiages hiiji already been arranged liy
We think all will agree that J. Huy- .'lid not properly advertise the meeting the Traction Comiiany.
ler Ellison is as good an assessor as li»ilap city auUiorltles and getting complete
About seventy-tive taxpayer ssattend- H-^ts of their nroperty all he dared to
ed the public nieeting at the Sigmond raise their values was to .$20'),000.
Opera House Tuesday evening, when Because the city owned the property
houseof "the the sewer ([uestion v;as discussed and would not excuse the Town Board of
explained. Assessors for as.-.essing this land out of
the meeting in time to call attention ting in of more windows, anci stucco to it, no word being sent to the Review work is being put on the n(jrth and and the Observer. Good arguments west sides oi the building to insure were aflvanced as to why the map more warmth, .should be secured and it would have been well for all to have heard them.
'rhomas McWhinney was nominated ^^/- Young, who has at the instance proportion to its surrounding terri-
-"-r -.---.,.—, ---... .- --- -..- ;.'•"¦ ','""1 "i" " '" ""^-^' of (jeo. Christians, taken considerable tory, and the .Messrs. Smith and Rai
and wings, ribbons, velvets and moire for the office also, but his name was ""^^Jt^"- \""'"'-"^"^> '•""¦'^1'^ ^u.,siuK..auii^ j^ ^ i,,, .Tiu _ i..
silk.
It.
The box ball games over C. D. Smith's building on South Main Street have been moved to Bay Shore. For¬ rest De.Mott will open a pool and bil¬ liard parlor in their place.
The Arts Club will hold its October meeting with Mrs. Henry L. t'randell, Monday afternoon; the subject will be
would be a good man for the olfice at some future time.
The following were elected delegates to the Judiciary ("onvention to be held in Brooklyn to-morrow:
Town of Hempstead —Earl J. Ben- "Shakespeare's England," chairman of nett, Alfred T. Davison, Elvin N. Ed-
the ilay, Mrs. Henry J. R lymore.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dunbar sjjent. last week at Syracuse attending the State Convention of the Daughters of Liberty. Mrs. Dunbar was elected a National Representative, at thi"* ses-1 sion.
The Town Board met at B. T. Smith's hotel Wednesday to grant Ii-' censes to plant oysters and clams. The next meeting is at Lynbrook next Wednesday, instead of Freeport as »we announced last week.
The John J. Randall Company has certified to the secretary of state that all of ita caoital stock, amounting to $90,000, has been paid in. Its direc¬ tors inclu(|«,? John J. Raiuiall, Ernest S.Randall, Lena F. Willets and John J. Randall jr.
Ijast Saturday afternoon a team an¬ nounced in the Review as the Stars, in the Messenger aa the P'reeport Club and in the Observer as the Phi Alphas, and which was really a pjcked-up nine, defeated Freeport Council by the score of 9 to 4. They will play again this Saturday riEternoon at Athletic Park.
withdrawn by Frank Smith, the dele- interest in looking into the matter, ex- are to be commended if they can keep
gate who presente.i it, stating that he .Pl"'""^^' '''^^^ ^e considered a good sys- the assessment up .$2o,000 above the
merely made the nomination to remind t^ni for the village, and gave a/i i.lea village assessment, rather than to be
the delegates that Mr. McWhinney "^ '^s possible cost. blamed because they had to reduce the
It was agreed however that the amount alter it had been placed too
proper thing at the present time was high for several years,
to secure the mat), and tl(en be able to As to Assessor Edwards' argument
get an intelligent idea of the cost of about the city having jiaid taxes on
installing the system, when it would the assessment of $;i58,000 for several
he time to consider where the pipes years, he knows that the assistant cor-
might be laid and how the cosi should : poration counsel explained that their
be met. attention had been called to the exces-
wards, Jeremiah Wood, H. W. Griffith and P. C. Vandewater. Oyster Bay - W. Irving Harold, J. and Daniel Underbill. stea*d -Henry M. W, Chas. F. Lewis.
For members of the county commit¬ tee in place of Smith Cox, John Lewis Childs, O. H. Tuthill and G. Wilbur Doughty from Town of Hempstead; R. E. Allen from North Hempstead and W. Burling Cocks and Henry G. Steen- buck from Oyster Bay Town all were re-elected excepting George L. Hubbell in place of John Lewis t'hilds from the Town of Hempstead.
TAX NOTICES D. Frank Dikeman has been ap¬ pointed school tax collector in place of Wesley Pearsall, who has had the office ^ for the past four years. The tax will probably be due about Thanksgiving time. We will give due notice.
Village ta%es (overdue) must now be paid to D. Frijnk Seaman at his residence, 21 Churc^h Stp|et.
School HolidlyOct. 12
Communication
Mr. Editor: -
In referen does not bind the vilWge to the installation of a sewer system. It t-imply will pre(iare th^ necessary
A unanimous vote was passed favoi- sive assessment when it was compared f/"''^ »"^\P^t in understandable shap ng the appropriation for the map. with the village assessment last .sum- the probable cost thereof
Roland M. Lamb presided at the mer, and that they surely would take ,^^^^^ ilj^t no route ha.s been st
School Commissioner Cooley sends out the following communicati(m re¬ garding the new holiday on October 2, which explains itself:
"That there may be no misunder- trolleys, except thest Company, Church Street. Every tax- ; standing in reference to the matter, probably bt- jammed
Next Monday from 2 to 8 o'clock the special election for voting on tho sew- ,er system map will be held at the truck house of Excelsior Hock and Ladder
B. C. Tapj.an
North Hemp- .- , ,, , ,
Vn^tmnn •ind nicetiiig and addresses were made by Hiram R. Smith. J. B. Hibbard, H. L. Ciandell, Alvin G. Smith, Wm. G. Miller, and others, all of whom favored the installation of the sewer at the jirojier time, subject to the prop¬ er conditions.
Excursion to Collejce Point
The Free]>()rt Fir" Department has engaged trolley e.ns for a siieeial excur¬ sion to CoUes^e Point next Ttinrsday, October 7th, wbiii the annual jiarade nnd tournament in connection with the Southern New York Volunteer Fire¬ men's As.sociation will bi' held. As there are seats in each ear for 14 per¬ sons, only that uumber of pa.s.seiigers will hn ptTiiutted in each oar. so that taeh jiassiMiRer may have a s at for thv entire round trip. The curs will siart from the junction of ."^onth .Main and Church streets at T.lO A. M.. and arrive at Colleire Point at about U.i'r, rhe ]ia- raile starts at lo o'clock. RHturniiig the s|)fcittl cjirs will leave College P^'iut im¬ mediately after the tonruaiiient in tiie afternoon, further annouuceiueut of which will be made on the cars. Tiie excursion is tor the liremen and the geuerul pulilic. so that tho.se wishing to make the trip may ride in y the V illage Board or its Committee
justed satisfactorily; the question ^fter numerous public meetings and .,,^,1,^,,);,^ j..,,„.,^,,l C^,^,^.,^ ,,^,„ ,_„
1,1 ,.,,,. upon consultation with the State Board ^'ftnooisi i.pi.s(op.ii ( nurcn na\t oten of Health working to get the edifice in shape
•ini That in case this proposition is f'Jr its re-opening on Sunday. The carried and at some later date the vil- ^'•i"'"f'^ '^"^ '"-'^¦" "^wly painted on the lage should vote to build a sewer, jilan ' s not on sale at the post-office yei.
are
Mrs. Edith Raynor has opened millinery store in the building former- System, ly occupied for the same purpose by Miss Kilpatrick.
using their efforts to help this matter '"ttinueiit, will preach at the morning along have and can have absolutely nu ¦¦service and Rev. J. Wesley John.ston,^ interest in the propoaiti re, cents,
markable results from his e"^'« a fine of $10. The two men were Ed- ^^r^i 'of S^o^thrSwd clK; ward J Hawkins and Robert Ward Jr.. teemen; Artlinr P. Lewis, W. W. Cam- ^^" °' Brooklyn^^
There will be a bread and cake Aale number were present at this meeting ""y Civil Engineer Thomas V. Smith.